Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

In this experiment you explore how tectonic plates move to create land and expand bodies of water.

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

In this classic Ivory soap experiment, kids learn what happens to different types of soap in the microwave, and why!

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

While your cells are much too small to see without a microscope, you can create the look of a cell in your very own home with just an egg and vinegar!

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

In this free science fair project, build a star clock and learn how to tell time on a clear night by observing the big dipper!

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Hone your child's skills of observation and take a look at forensic science for an interesting afternoon of exploration and detective work!

Ever wonder why refrigerator lights turn off when you close the door? Does the darkness prevent food from spoiling? This experiment, determines just that.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.